Family Tree Frog

  Have you set New Year's Resolutions for Family History? Did you watch Thomas MacEntee's great talk on the MyHeritage Facebook page? He suggested keeping it real, which I think is a brilliant suggestion.  We are all guilty of setting goals that are too big.  Keep them bite-size.   What will help us get there?  A tree with lots of branches of course and good foundations or roots ! Do you have a budget?  Do you have a strategy?  Are you measuring your results?  If not, how will you know you are making progress?   I have been so inspired by the progress of other genealogists with their scanning, filing, writing and so on. Shauna Hicks  and Jennifer Jones spring to mind. Budget I need to focus on the areas that Thomas suggested: Organization Workflow Information Methodology Education and Legacy I think all of us focus on that last area in a big way.  We want to leave a lasting legacy but are overwhelmed by how much there is to do and ...

  Census at Bethlehem by Pieter Brueghel II The Younger     This blog post is submitted as part of the National Family History Month blogging challenge called Genealife in Lockdown as mentioned in this blog post here.    Janet Few wrote this blog post which was the inspiration for this second blog post and a previous blog post here . Her blog post was entitled My Life in Seven Censuses.  Janet lives in the UK and they take a census every ten years.  In fact, it is likely that this might be the last census in the UK; the government considering that it can obtain the information it needs through other means.  Let's see what happens. Australia is a bit unique in family history terms in that it has destroyed most of the censuses it has taken over the years.  You can read more about the history of the Australian census here.  I found Janet's blog post fascinating on a number of levels.  It was really interesting to see what kind of dat...

  Welcome to Day 5 of the  #AtoZChallenge.     Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. Let's check out which societies begin with E. Societies beginning with E East of London Family History Society East Surrey Family History Society East Yorkshire Family History Society Eastbourne & District (Family Roots) FHS Essex Society for Family History  Whilst strictly speaking not a genealogical or family history society, Family Search has alerted me to the following types of organizations.  They are a bit like a Surname or One Name group, I guess.  Many of these are just on Facebook, I suspect.  Is that the future direction of family history societies I wonder.  Just a social media presence without a physical presence? Family Associations Edens Eller Elmore Elswick Everett (e) Clan Ewing   Events One of the t...

Janet Few wrote this blog post recently which was the inspiration for this blog post. Her blog post was entitled My Life in Seven Censuses.   Janet lives in the UK and they take a census every ten years.  In fact, it is likely that this might be the last census in the UK; the government considering that it can obtain the information it needs through other means.  Let's see what happens. Australia is a bit unique in family history terms in that it has destroyed the censuses it has taken over the years.  You can read more about the history of the Australian census here. I found Janet's blog post fascinating on a number of levels.  It was really interesting to see what kind of data the enumerators were asked to collect e.g. what type of heating was in the house, what type of television, how many cars, level of education and so on.   Janet bemoans the lack of information about pets and there's a bit of me that wholeheartedly agrees with her; pets are an im...